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An Inside Look at One of America’s Last Pencil Factories

Photographer Christopher Payne visited the General Pencil Company dozens of times over the past few years, documenting every phase of the manufacturing process.

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Walmart to Convert Dozens of Sam’s Clubs into E-commerce Distribution Centers

The retailer attributed the decision to the need to better fulfill online orders, less population growth than expected in some markets and too many competing locations.

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E-Commerce Solutions

E-commerce Dos and Don’ts for the New Year

As e-commerce sweeps through the supply chain, one might wonder what kinds of resolutions e-commerce companies should consider in order to build their core strengths.

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Manufacturing Just Had Its Best Year Since 2004

U.S. manufacturing expanded in December at the fastest pace in three months, as gains in orders and production capped the strongest year for factories in 13 years.

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Warehouse Land Prices Doubled in 2017, Thanks to Two-Day Shipping

An increasing demand to buy gadgets, groceries and other goods online is actually driving up the price of land on which to store those items.

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Shippers Expect Record-Setting Holiday Returns

UPS, FedEx and others are bracing for what they expect to be a week of record-setting returns as Americans head back to work—and drop off their boxed-up returns on the way.

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Eight Tips to Achieving a Quick and Easy Returns Process

Descartes Systems Group

Returns are tedious business for online retailers, especially during and after the holiday season. Here are eight ways to make return processing quick and easy—and gain loyal customers along the way.

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Big Funding for Small Robotics Firm May Help Chip Away at Amazon’s Lead

Fetch Robotics, which makes mobile collaborative robots to automate warehouses and factories, landed $25 million in backing during its Series B.

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Supply Chain Visibility

Four Ways Manufacturers Benefit From Cloud Computing

Radley Corporation

Cloud deployment has many advantages over the traditional on-premise model of implementation. Here are four key areas where cloud computing beats the alternative.

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Sourcing & Procurement

Visibility in the Demand-Driven Supply Chain

For success, companies need to gain visibility into their complex network of customers, suppliers and logistics providers to collectively sense and properly respond to changes in supply and demand.

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Target's Acquisition of Same-Day Delivery Platform Shipt Bolsters Fulfillment Capabilities

The acquisition will enable Target to offer same-day delivery services at approximately half its stores by early 2018.

Target CEO Brian Cornell, left, and Shipt CEO and founder Bill Smith at Target headquarters

US Fashion Brands Sacrifice Holiday Revenue to Win the Inventory War

After years of struggling to manage their inventory, brands are using increasingly sophisticated tools to track apparel and accessories through the supply chain, aiming to avoid the typical post-Christmas fire sales.

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